Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- College of Applied Health Sciences
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Degree
- Ph.D., CCC-Speech-Language Pathology , University of Kansas
- Area of Professional Interest:
- Professor Watkins’ area of special interest is normal language acquisition, language disorders, and assessment, particularly in toddlers and preschool-age children.
- Research Interests
- Professor Watkins’ research interests include grammatical deficits in children with specific language impairments (SLI), and the application of this work to theoretical accounts of SLI and clinical practice in the area.
